Detergent compound



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. ENNIS, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO THOMASA. KASEY, OF SALEM, VIRGINIA.

DETERGENT COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 583,431, dated May 25,1897.

Application filed November 12, 1896. Serial No. 611,867. (No specimens.)

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. ENNIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at WVashington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain neW and useful Improvements in Soaps; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a compound to be added toordinary laundry soap to increase its detergent qualities and to renderit antiseptic, so that soiled clothing, if treated in water to which aquantity of my compound has been added, will be not only thoroughlycleansed and purified, but will be disinfected and rendered antisepticand proof against germs. My compound is also useful for scrubbing floorsand for cleansing sinks and outhouses.

To make my compound, I take about one ounce of unslaked lime and aboutone ounce of powdered sulfur, to which I add about a pint of hot water.In another vessel I place four ounces of ammonia and about one ounce ofborax, to which I add a pint of water. The object of this procedure isto form sulfid of calcium. It is clear, however, that it is difficult toemploy the sulfur and lime in such proportions that the sulfur willcompletely combine with the calcium, and vice versa, and it may bestated, therefore, that it is immaterial that the resulting compositioncontains a slight excess of either of these ingredients. When the limehas been thoroughly slaked, I draw off the solution of sulfid of limewhich results from the described process and add to it a pound ofordinary laundry soap, and finally the dissolved borax and the ammoniaare added and the mixture boiled until it is thoroughly mixed anddissolved and assumes the consistency of putty, when it is placed invessels or bottles and is kept ready for use.

\Vhen a small quantity of this compound is added to water in which theclothes are soaked, they will be thoroughly cleansed and purifiedwithout rubbing, excepting at the much-soiled places, and the result isnot only a saving in the cost of soap and labor, but the clothes arepermeated with a powerful disin fectant and rendered proof against theinvasion of disease germs and parasites, and when the clothes are rinsedand dried they will be found sweet and clean and free from odor.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. A detergent compound, consisting of calcium sulfid and ammonia, asset forth.

2. A detergent compound, consisting of calcium sulfid, ammonia andborax, as set forth.

3. A detergentcompound, consisting of a solution of sulfid of lime,ammonia, borax and laundry soap, in about the proportions specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. Ennis.

- 'Witncsses:

SAML. A. DRURY, THoMAs A.'KASEY.

